Meet Steve, everyone.
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Just wanted to mention again, that I will be attending the Artist Alley at Anime Central this weekend, at Table G05. I’ve also compiled a second Selkie book to bring along, which features the second half of the Adoption Day introduction story (with all it’s shoe shopping glory).
Book 2 is also available on Magcloud Here.
It occurred to me halfway through this that this makes the second time Grandma and Grandpa have been written as being unavailable for joining the function du jour (first time being when they had a previously arranged party to attend and couldn't babysit Selkie during the coffee incident). I probably don't strictly NEED to specifically state what activity they are undergoing that prevents them from joining the current arc, I just hate the idea of them being absent without explanation. Plus, hey, meet Steve. Bonus.
I thought there was a rule somewhere. Grandparents are REQUIRED to be available for babysitting. Always. No excuses. 😀
Even if they’re drunk.
ESPECIALLY when they’re drunk.
Hate to be the party pooper, but since my nieces and nephews went into what I term “the foster care nightmare” basically because their grandma was driving them around while intoxicated, I can’t see the “always available” thing as realistic.
(They were separated from their mom at the time, and their grandma was their guardian. The foster care nightmare is basically over at this point, thankfully, but two of my nephews are still separate from their mom (living with other family members) and emotionally upset over the separation… and the bullying they’re going through in school. Really wish I could get them to read this webcomic, I think it’d do them good.)
Yikes. Sorry to hear about all that.
selkie has a bit of napoleon in her I see 😉
No, no; she’s a much more formidable strategist than Napoleon.
You may think that now, but just wait until she starts a land war in Russia.
I think the rule is ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia’. You’re forgetting Vietnam and Afghanistan, one of which was a serious problem for the United States and the other of which was the same for Russia.
Besides, you can’t go wrong with that one. Or with ‘Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line’ either….
I perhaps borrowed from that phrase unconsciously, but I was referring to Napoleon Bonaparte’s ill-advised and unsuccessful invasion of Russia, the strategical blunder that ultimately led to the end of his French Empire and his exile. During Napoleon’s time, the phrase ‘land war’ wouldn’t have been used because there was no alternative – Selkie, on the other hand, will presumably have access to air support and long range missiles. Therefore, I thought ‘land war’ necessary to emphasize the comparison.
Since it was Russia’s “General Winter” who defeated both Napoleon and Hitler, and since Selkie is not fond of the cold, I would expect her to have better sense than to get started in that direction in the first place.
i think she has a better advisor in todd as well, napoleons subordinates deliberately gave him bad advice so he would be stopped by the russians
Oh, FINALLY. Todd’s told Selkie the morals about bragging about your freinds and family, and using them as status symbols. It may have been short but it’s a start.
I honestly thought Selkie was on a phone in the first panal >_<
I love Selkie’s grandparents and would like a panel of explanation of whenever they are not present for a page. Even if Selkie is at school. Especially if Selkie is at school.
Also, her rivalry with Amanda is adorable. They are going to make such great sisters, I can already see it 9_9
‘Dear Blackmail Diary: Jackpot!”
That just made my day. 😀
Ooooo… Now they are going to have an audience. This will be terrible, but good that Todd and Selkie have immediate support when things blow up with Andi. It’s like a very slow train accident.
I’m starting to think I should just make that the name of this arc:
Selkie: The Slow-Motion Train Wreck
Save that for the Abridged series 🙂
(In case you’re not familiar, I can recommend Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, my friend likes Dragonball Abridged, and there’s always Five-Minute Voyager (which is written instead of a clip show). Also there’s a pretty cool Avatar: The Last Airbender Abridged, but it appears to be only the first episode with no plans for a full series, which is disappointing to say the least.)
(Oh, and a Sailor Moon Abridged which has fun with the voices and seriously altered the canon personalities of the characters, to amusing effect.)
Will there be an army of Steves?
My hair is telling me “maybe”.
Dragonball Abridged? Do they just leave out all the “we have to hurry” lines?
Always nice to see the extended family (I recognize that Selkie and Todd are the focus of the comic, but I wouldn’t mind seeing more of Theo, and Marigold, and Marta, and Antoine, and, now, Steve). Looks like Marta certainly isn’t feeling any pain either …
CHUG CHUG CHUG
So this is the build-up to Todd and Selkie meeting with Andi and Amanda?
Excuse, I´ve got to build up a stockpile of popcorn and diet coke for the upcoming strips…
Tsk. Andi narrowly avoided having to discuss it with Todd while the kids were present, but she didn’t follow up on that by arranging to discuss it while they weren’t. Doesn’t she see that the same situation is likely to happen at the aquarium, and it’s going to be harder to keep evading?
I just realized.
When is Steve going to be told that his niece-to-be is nonhuman?
“Welcome to the family! So, how are you at keeping secrets?”
Does Antoine’s boyfriend know?